Article 6CWYT Australian universities report finds quality of education eroded by ‘long-term underfunding’

Australian universities report finds quality of education eroded by ‘long-term underfunding’

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Jordyn Beazley
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New report reveals 83% of respondents are concerned universities' focus on profit is undermining education standards

Decades of declining public funding for universities and the increasing corporatisation of the sector has further eroded working conditions for staff and the quality of education for students, according to a new report.

Of the 1,002 respondents in the report by the Australia Institute's Centre for Future Work, 83% said they were concerned universities' focus on profit was undermining education standards.

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